All mass on thursday just 2 weeks ahead of its awards ceremony of the academy had faced a wave of criticism after polanskis film talked nominations despite new Sexual Assault allegations against him. So youre going to build a model build a god. In the Roman Polanskis film about alfred gerry 1st a jewish french officer unfairly accused of spying for germany in the 890 s. It has been well received by critics it picked up the grand jury prize at last years Venice Film Festival and it topped the French Box Office for a while. But screenings in france were also met with widespread protests the outrage intensified in january when the season academy and outs that the film lead the nominations the academy initially defended its actions saying it could not be expected to take a moral stance. That it was a lengthy fled the us to avoid imprisonment after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13 Year Old Girl in 1978 and in november 2900. 00 french actress valentino manyi allege that polanski
Their welcome to weekend round up from international in moscow by name calling bright 1st then top officials from around the world are converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference its the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the wests a losing its role on the world stage the situation in syria and iran tensions our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. Its day 2 of this years Munich Security Conference and theres plenty for World Leaders to be discussing here at the bavarian capital what this is the overarching theme of this years conference described as the declaiming role of western nations on the world stage and the shaking up of International Relations in defense but choice for a theme theyd catch some by surprise but when you listen to the participants at the conference its clear that it struck a chord with those here in munich. In the era of American Global police and it is over think of syria africa afg
Morning at 9 here. Watching thanks for making our senior political news this hour 1st to germany where top officials from around the world converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference is the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the west losing its role in the world stage the situation in syria and tensions with iran our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. Its day 2 of this years Munich Security Conference this plenty for World Leaders to be discussing here at the very capital. This is the overarching theme of this years conference described as the declaiming role of western nations on the world stage and the shaking up of International Relations and defense choice for a theme the catch so by surprise but when you listen. To the participants at the conference its clear that it struck a chord with those here in munich. In the era of American Global police and it is over think of syria africa afghanistan not be
Made in germany. Your business magazine t w. Earth the home for saving global indias tells stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost Green Energy Solutions by global ideas being by a new series of global 3000 on d. W. And online. Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to the show well its a slow burning saga that keeps flaring up director Roman Polanski is at the center of another uproar in france and also coming up. Much more than just music a brand new exhibition. In frankfurt revisits the contribution. To surrealism. And. Start last weeks storm goal way on the west coast of ireland begins its European Capital of culture for 2020. Theres been a dramatic new developments in the ongoing controversy about french film prize nominations for Roman Polanskis latest film an officer and a spy aboard. Thats the french equivalent of the oscars resigned on mass on thursday just 2 weeks ahead of its awards ceremony the academy had
Is on the west and waning role of the world stage. Hi there and welcome to weekend world update from international in moscow welcome to the program 1st one of the biggest defense digital contracts in American History has been put on ice Online Retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the 10000000000. 00 deal to buy microsoft the lawsuit argues that donald trump was biased in his decision against amazon supremo jeff bezos its called the joint enterprise defense Infrastructure Project for short and its a Cloud Computing storage contract at the end of last year but its all stressed the importance of the military project but as caleb maupin reports hes now hindering the deal that was awarded to microsoft. Remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how were going t